21 . keep goal/wicket to be the player in a team whose job is to protect the ↑ goal or ↑ wicket ⇨ ↑ goalkeeper , ↑ wicket keeper

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SPOKEN PHRASES

22 . keep quiet used to tell someone not to say anything or make any noise:

Keep quiet! I’m trying to watch the game.

23 . how are you keeping? used to ask if someone is well:

‘Hi, Mark! How are you keeping?’ ‘Oh, not so bad.’

24 . keep your hair/shirt on! used to tell someone to be more calm, patient etc

25 . somebody can keep something used to say that you do not want or are not interested in something:

She can keep her wild parties and posh friends – I like the quiet life.

26 . it’ll keep used to say that you can tell someone something or do something later:

‘I don’t have time to listen now.’ ‘Don’t worry, it’ll keep.’

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THESAURUS (for Meaning 5)

▪ keep to leave something in one particular place so that you can find it easily:

Where do you keep the scissors?

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The keys are kept in my office.

▪ store to put things away and keep them until you need them:

Villagers have begun storing wood for the winter.

▪ save to keep something so that you can use or enjoy it in the future:

He had been saving the bottle of champagne for a special occasion.

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We can save the rest of the pie for later.

▪ file to store papers or information in a particular order or a particular place:

All the contracts are filed alphabetically.

▪ collect to get and keep objects of the same type because you think they are attractive or interesting:

Kate collects old postcards.

▪ hold to keep something to be used when it is needed, especially something that many different people may need to use:

Medical records are now usually held on computers.

▪ reserve formal to keep part of something for use at a later time during a process such as cooking:

Reserve some of the chocolate so that you can use it for decorating the cake.

▪ hoard to keep large amounts of food, money etc because you think you may not be able to get them in the future – used when you do not approve of people doing this because it is not necessary or not fair to other people:

People have been hoarding food and fuel in case there is another attack.

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Rationing of basic food products was introduced to prevent hoarding.

keep at something phrasal verb

1 . keep at it spoken to continue to do something, although it is difficult or hard work:

I know it’s hard, but keep at it! Don’t give up!

2 . keep somebody at something to force someone to continue to work hard and not let them stop

keep back phrasal verb

1 . keep something ↔ back to deliberately not tell someone all that you know about something:

I got the feeling he was keeping something back.

2 . keep something ↔ back to not show your feelings, even though you want to very much:

She was struggling to keep back the tears.

3 . keep somebody ↔ back to prevent someone from being as successful as they could be SYN hold back :

Fear and stereotypes have kept women back for centuries.

4 . keep something ↔ back especially British English to not give or pay something that you were going to give:

They kept back some of his wages to pay for the damage.

keep somebody/something ↔ down phrasal verb

1 . to prevent the size, cost, or quantity of something from increasing or being too great:

We need to keep costs down.

2 . to succeed in keeping food in your stomach, instead of bringing it up again out of your mouth, when you are ill:

I could hardly keep anything down for about three days.

3 . used to ask someone to make less noise:

Keep your voice down – she’ll hear you!

Can you keep it down – I’m trying to work.

4 . to prevent a group of people from becoming as successful and powerful as the other people in a society: